"His divine power has given us everything we need for life and godliness through our knowledge of him who called us by his own glory and goodness. Through these he has given us his very great and precious promises, so that through them you may participate in the divine nature and escape the corruption in the world caused by evil desires."
The key phrase for these SPAs is "that you may participate in the divine nature." We are invited to be partners with God so that he can share his divine nature with us. Read that phrase again. Seriously. This is not a moral or ethical statement. This is a spectacular invitation to actually have more and more of God's life flowing in and through our lives. He desires to share more and more and more of his goodness, peace, love, joy, holiness and hope with us.
We accept this invitation by living what Dallas Willard referred to as the "with God" life. Throughout Scripture God calls us to walk humbly with him on a daily basis. I write SPAs, Spiritual Partnership Activities, to provide simple opportunities to partner with God in the moments that make up daily life. Christ died and was raised from the dead to bring us peace with God and enable us to enjoy life with Him. SPAs help us learn to live with a conscious awareness of God's presence as we trust the promises he has made of his presence with us, his power for us, and his love that is always working for our good.
In light of this, I have one small piece of advice for these activities. Make sure you do these activities WITH God, not FOR God. You are not trying to earn points with God, you are learning to enjoy life with him. Be encouraged, God wants to do life with you!
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